Nope US seller here. Agreed, the market likely isn't great. It's really OK. I'm not desperate to sell these, but they're just sitting in their case not getting used. Worst case is that I keep a thoroughly excellent set of headphones.

Despite how great the Auteur OG are, mine have been sitting for sale for months at a great price (sub-$1k) with no takers. Weird. Nobody seems to want them, except the ludicrous low ballers.

Have any of you owners used your WA22 as a preamp? I'm trying it for the first time today and listening right now as I type this. Not sure what difference I should be hearing, but perhaps it's a tad more present/resonant in the bass & sub-bass? If there is anything additional there, I think it's...

OK Gents, I've finally gotten around to trying my WA22 as a pre into the Flux Mentor. Since I'm short on cables, I went RCA from my DAC to the WA22 and balanced from there to the Mentor. I can't say after one album listen, I hear much difference. Perhaps a tad more heft in the low end? I have to...

Thanks- It's called the Drausk 17.6 AWG in clear copper. Sound- Excellent, but I'm not exactly sure that it's any different than the great sound quality I had with the stock cable. I'll likely do a proper multi-day brain burn-in, get used to this cable, and swap on the JPS stock cable to see if...

I got a new Norne cable today and what great cable it is! The ergonomics of the stock JPS cable were not for me, so I went with this one.

Thanks. It’s the 17.6 AWG clear Drausk. I think the new version isn’t out yet, but I believe it will be called the JS-16.

First Norne cable purchase and it just arrived. It's truly a thing of beauty...Exactly what I wanted. Now for the listening! Trevor's photo he sent me in advance, is much better looking:

How are your pads oriented? Thick part on the bottom back?

I'll try it- Easy enough to test and compare between the two angles.

My Flux Mentor is awesome. Also note that if you're in the US, it's $1650 with the upgraded power cable, delivered. Shipping and PayPal fees are pricey from Ukraine.

For me, the "aha, subwoofer" moment came when I read some advice somewhere on this thread to hinge the headphones so that the front of the ear pads create a gap the front of my ears. A little distance and air away from my ears and BABOOM! I'm pretty sure the 1266 have ended my headphone search...

OOOhhhhh, wife's birthday and it's a milestone birthday. I hope I can attend, even for a short amount of time.

Don't know if this question has been asked/confirmed, but with Oct-Dec orders, how many orders could be placed before orders were sold out? Is that number less now with Jan-current orders so that the backlog isn't as large? At some point, I'd imagine supply and demand will reach equilibrium.

Let’s do it!! @VanHai let me know if you want help coordinating.

Just checked mine, by peeking through the vents, and it's got the blue board.

I upgraded my AC/IEC cable and it made a difference. It wasn't even a pricey one, but it helped a lot: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L2MBYWC?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

I find myself only needing crossfeed with very specific recordings, such as early Van Halen, where the guitar is panned hard left and nearly nothing but reverb hard right. I find it not so great on headphones, but fine with speakers in the room.

I was expecting my new cable to be delivered this week, but got an email that it will be next week. Not a big deal at all. I'm just really looking forward to my first Norne cable. I'm really interested to do an A/B with my stock JPS labs cable to see if I can detect any difference in sound. I...

I'm really interested in hearing this DAC. Glad to know so many of you in the DMV area have purchased, as I hope to hear it at one of the local Head-Fi meets. Someone mentioned a listening opportunity on 6/1? Is that officially posted somewhere? Otherwise, I'll just drive up to LTA to hear it...

Looks great- Looking forward to mine arriving hopefully soon.

If I try this, would there be any degradation to sound quality mixing SE and XLR cables? Such as SE from DAC to tube amp and XLR from tube amp to Mentor.

I’ve been listening to my new Mentor for the past five days and really like it. Apparently, it will sound even better after 100 hours of burn-in. It packs a nice punch and it’ll take some to determine if I’ll like it better than my tube amps. There’s a certain “thickness” to the tube amps that I...

Agreed that the WA22 is phenomenal, but for hard to drive, low-sensitivity planars (Abyss 1266, Tungsten, Susvara), the horsepower of the Flux gets the job done.

Laptop->RME ADI2-> Amp